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December 13, 2017

Happy New Year! Here is a great story to start out this year. It is a repost from a Carmel Valley News story in the January 5, 2012 edition. Happy reading. I am looking forward to staying connected here throughout the year.
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Trulis.com’s new report about America’s 50 largest cities – and whether it is cheaper to rent or buy – is out. It says San Diego is “Affordable to Buy” city.
Check it out! http://explore.trulia.com/datavis/rentvsbuy/Q2-2011/
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Check out our website at http://KevinCumminsHomes.com to search for active real estate listings all over San Diego county. Simply go to the Property Search feature on the left column and follow the directions to search by map (my preference) o...

Wondering how the single family home market in Carmel Valley is doing in 2011? Well, we are just passed the half way point so it is a good time to examine the data and check to see what is happening.
You can see from the attached report that...

I wanted to post a few words concerning the importance of getting a rock-solid preapproval from a reputable lender if you are a serious home buyer in this market. A few of my buyer clients recently struggled getting their loans approved, which...

CASH vs. MORTGAGE: The next time you buy a home, will you get a loan or pay cash? For our last 2 listings, the buyers paid all cash. My last buyer paid $1.55M for his home – also all cash. What’s going on?
In 2010, 28% of Southern Ca...

The latest report from the S&P Case-Shiller Index shows that many of the 20 cities included in the real estate market index are facing a “double dip” meaning that their prices bottomed out in 2009 and started rising, only to have fallen aga...

In case you missed this story last month, Shapell Homes, a Beverly Hills-based developer, purchased the 211 acre western half of Robertson Ranch located along El Camino Real and between Cannon Road and Tamarack Avenue in Carlsbad.
Shapell pl...

So, what’s been happening with Carmel Valley detached home sales as the year closed out? It all starts with examining the inventory levels because that analysis will lead to understanding all other aspects of the market, such as prices, the ...

The Del Mar Times recently published a nice monthly summary of the activities, developments and progress in Carmel Valley in 2010. The recap also updates us on certain items as to the future as well. For example, the UltraStar Cinema movie th...